Most Reverend Giovanni Battista Gentile | |
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Bishop of Ajaccio | |
Church | Catholic Church |
Diocese | Diocese of Ajaccio |
In office | 1694–1695 |
Predecessor | Giovanni Paolo Inurea |
Successor | François Marie Sacco |
Orders | |
Consecration | 19 September 1694 by Bandino Panciatici |
Personal details | |
Born | 1658 |
Died | 2 September 1695 (age 37) Ajaccio, France |
Giovanni Battista Gentile, O.S.B. (1658–1695) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Ajaccio (1694–1695). [1] [2] [3] [4]
Giovanni Battista Gentile was born in Genoa, Italy in 1658 and ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. [2] On 13 September 1694, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Ajaccio. [1] [2] On 19 September 1694, he was consecrated bishop by Bandino Panciatici, Cardinal-Priest of San Pancrazio, with Stefano Giuseppe Menatti, Bishop of Como, and Pierre Lambert Ledrou, Titular Bishop of Porphyreon, serving as co-consecrators. [2] He served as Bishop of Ajaccio until his death on 2 September 1695. [2]